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Global Payments (GPN) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

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For the quarter ended March 2025, Global Payments (GPN - Free Report) reported revenue of $2.2 billion, up 1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.82, compared to $2.59 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.2 billion, representing a surprise of +0.25%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.83%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.69.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Global Payments performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

  • Non-Gaap Revenues- Merchant Solutions: $1.69 billion compared to the $1.68 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.5% year over year.
  • Non-Gaap Revenues- Issuer Solutions: $528.82 million versus $528.21 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.6% change.
  • Non-Gaap Revenues- Intersegment Elimination: -$15.84 million versus -$15.34 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.
  • Revenues- Issuer Solutions: $620.73 million versus $607.50 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3% change.
  • Revenues- Merchant Solutions: $1.81 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.82 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.4%.
  • Revenues- Intersegment Elimination: -$17.32 million compared to the -$10.84 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.1% year over year.
  • Non-Gaap Operating Income- Merchant Solutions: $808.95 million versus $802.11 million estimated by four analysts on average.
  • Non-Gaap Operating Income- Corporate: -$120.01 million versus -$92.18 million estimated by four analysts on average.
  • Non-Gaap Operating Income- Issuer Solutions: $244.94 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $246.04 million.
  • Operating Income- Merchant Solutions: $614.10 million versus $599.26 million estimated by two analysts on average.
  • Operating Income- Corporate: -$256.53 million compared to the -$215.98 million average estimate based on two analysts.
  • Operating Income- Issuer Solutions: $109.32 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $109.78 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Global Payments here>>>

Shares of Global Payments have returned -4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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